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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Valerie and SW-list
members, especially teachers of deaf students... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You would not believe
what is going on here. We are so excited. We feel so happy. There is so much
joy and respect and learning going on in my classroom. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Lumturi – a fourteen
year old deaf student – has become the Editor of the brand new Albanian
SignPuddle. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you so much Valerie
for this precious gift! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am so excited to be
allowed to experience this special deaf pride in her cultural heritage. Luturi
came from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Albania</st1:place></st1:country-region>
into my class about two years ago. She is able to communicate perfectly in
German and Albanian Signlanguage. Thanks to the intense practice of combining
GebaerdenSchrift with Spoken German she is wonderfully on her way to improve
Spoken Language skills German and English. We ask the Googel Translator quite
often to overcome some problems and to translate from one language into the
other. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Now that Lumturi is on
her way to create her first entries the whole group of students is </span></font><span
class=hps><span lang=EN>accompanying</span> this process with respect and joy
and all of us take advantage out of that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>You should know that there are 8 students in
my class with severe different migration background. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>We started a new project that is so much fun. We
write several very short phrase is 8 different languages which focuses on the
several languages of the families where my students come from. Starting with a
first shot of the Google-Translator I asked the parents to check the
translation and to correct the mistakes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>All of us feel so astonished that it is so
much fun to watch these kids laughing and expressing their happyness about this
experience. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>We write the sentences in: Arabic, Albanian, Turkish</span></font></span><span
lang=EN>, Romanian, <span class=hps>Russian, English,</span> <span class=hps>German</span>,</span><span
class=hps> German Signlanguage (DGS), Albanian Signlanguage, Signed German, German,
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>With the support of my “Speechwriting”
we understand the</span></font></span><span lang=EN> <span class=hps>relationship
between</span> a given <span class=hps>oral language</span> <span class=hps>and
the corresponding</span> <span class=hps>mouth-movements and all the problems with
lipreading so much</span> <span class=hps>better. This is very important to
me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Well Lumturi would love and is so eager to get
in contact with you Valerie, and she would love to have a skype – contact
with Adam Frost as well and she asked me to mention this. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Well today we made a big step forward and if
you follow the link to the Albanian SignPuddle you will see, that we added the
first signs that already allowed to write the first Email ever written in
Albanian Signlanguage. Uhuhuh – imagine – this is an historical event
and who knows ... hopefully Lumturi will spread her pride and her feelings of
happyness about being able to express her ideas in the best way she can think
of ...in her beloved strong communication language which is Albanian Signlanguage.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Since Signmail is still a problem we found
this nice workaround and Lumturi asked a friend to take pictures with her
mobile of the screen and pictures while she is working with me at the Albanian SignPuddle
... <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>One interesting aspect is that it is now so
easy for me to catch up some Albanian signs and here and there we are kidding
signing in Albanian Signlanguage and other people around would not understand
anything .... just for fun. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Well just accept this short report as our big THANK
YOU to you Valerie for all what you have done to improve the world for deaf
students ... especially for our class. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>We feel very, very gratefull to you. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Attached you find two pictures ... the
SignWriting Dokument as a picture from the screen of the monitor and a picture
Lumturi and me working at the teacher`s computer while I introduce her to
working procedures...how to copy and rewrite SignPuddle –entries. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>All best <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Stefan and Lumturi <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hps><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>Von:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages
[mailto:SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLL</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>EGE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Im Auftrag von </span></b>Valerie Sutton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Gesendet:</span></b> Montag, 9. März 2015
17:00<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>An:</span></b>
SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Betreff:</span></b> New Albanian SignPuddle</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>SignWriting List<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>March 9, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear SignWriting List!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am happy to announce that we now have a SignPuddle Dictionary file
for Albania:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Albanian SignPuddle<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=82">http://www.signbank.org/signpuddle2.0/index.php?ui=1&sgn=82</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It has the Albanian Code: AL and this is the flag:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><img border=0 width=36 height=60
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Stefan Woehrmann, a teacher at the Osnabruck School for the Deaf in
Germany, has a Deaf student from Albania, and she is skilled at writing signs
in SignPuddle. They have been using the German SignPuddle to write and save
some of the Albanian signs because there was no Albanian file…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Well now there is!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Enjoy Stefan and Lumturi ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I hope you will share some of your writings with the SignWriting
List...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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Valerie Sutton
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sutton@signwriting.org
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SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION
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Valerie Sutton
SignWriting List moderator
sutton@signwriting.org
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